Heating on prescription call for Wales’ medically vulnerable
Louise is still behind on her heating bills from last winter. Source link
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Amazon launches a subscription prescription drug service, Health News, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business. The retail giant said Tuesday that it will launch RxPass, a subscription service for customers who have Prime memberships. Amazon said people will pay $5 a month to fill as many prescriptions as they need from a list of … Read more
Hearing Aids Available in October Without a Prescription
Aug. 16, 2022 – People dealing with hearing loss will be able to buy hearing aids without a doctor’s prescription as soon as mid-October. The White House announced today that the FDA will move forward with plans to make hearing aids available over the counter in pharmacies, other retail locations, and online. This major milestone … Read more
Nasal Spray for Allergies Now Available Without a Prescription
July 12, 2022 – A little over a year after its FDA approval, Bayer has announced that its prescription-strength nasal spray for indoor and outdoor allergies (brand name Astepro) is now available over the counter nationwide. Astepro, which is made up of 0.15% strength of the antihistamine azelastine and can take just 30 minutes to … Read more
NHS prescription charges in England to be frozen
Not raising the fees for the first time in 12 years puts money back in people’s pockets, ministers say. Source link
HealthPlix releases AI powered prescription summary dashboard for doctors – ET HealthWorld
Bengaluru: HealthPlix Technologies, an AI-powered EMR software today, announced the release of the Prescription Summary Dashboard (PSD) for doctors. The AI feature helps doctors to use real-time analytics and analyse their historical prescriptions within a few clicks and enable them to identify different cohorts of patients and the treatment given to them. The PSD, a … Read more
Costs Block Prescription Access for Millions: Study
Dec. 3, 2021 — As Senate Democrats debate the Build Back Better Act, which includes measures that would lower prescription drug costs for consumers, a new Urban Institute study finds that 12.8 million adults delayed getting or didn’t get needed prescription drugs because of cost. The people who deferred or went without these prescription drugs … Read more
Menopause: HRT prescription costs to fall after MP’s campaign, says government
Ms Kendall’s personal story saw Health Secretary Sajid Javid intervene to offer his support, adding: “I think it’s powerful to hear from her about her personal experiences and I do hope, especially after this debate but going forward, that the whole House can co-operate and do much more to help with this.” Source link
Judge: Hospital Doesn’t Have to Give Patient Ivermectin
Sept. 8, 2021 — An Ohio judge ruled that a hospital does not have to give a patient the drug ivermectin as part of COVID-19 treatment because it hasn’t been proven effective, even though a doctor prescribed it. Ivermectin is used to prevent parasites in animals such as horses and cows. Some conservative media … Read more
Do Prescription Sleep Medicines Even Work?
By Serena McNiff HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An estimated 9 million Americans turn to prescription pills when they can’t sleep, but a new study of middle-aged women finds taking the drugs for a year or longer may do little good. Comparing a group of about 200 women who were medicated … Read more